Mucilage-holder



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I. A. BUSH.

MUOILAGE HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I. ADDISON BUSH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUClLAGE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,823, dated September 4, 1888.

Application filed May 11, 1898. Serial No. 274,141.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I. ADDIsoN BUsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mucilage Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to holders for mucilage and kindred liquids; and it consists in a detachable cover for the mueilage receptacle, having a central perforated tube, means for adjusting the sponge, and other features, which are fully set forth in the following description, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, its various features being shown in the different views.

Letters of reference are used to indicate its parts, similar letters denoting corresponding parts in the different figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention, the cap being lifted off the bottle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the tubular top. Fig. 3 shows one form of the mueilage duct or tube. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the bottom of the cover. Fig. 5 shows an elastic ring.

The letter B indicates a mucilage-reeeptaele, preferably made with a neck, I), having a threaded exterior.

A denotes the cover of the bottle. Its lower interior portion, a, is threaded to screw upon the neck I). The top 0 of this cover has a central vertical threaded opening, 0.

Dis a duct or tube having an exterior thread, 01, adapted to engage the thread in the aperture c. When desired, the tube D may be soldered to the top 0 or cast in one piece with it. I make the tubes D of different sizes to secure a flow of varying quantities of mncilage. I11 order to adapt them to the openings 0, which are of one size, I form on the smaller tubes an annular threaded projection or ridge, a, of sufficient breadth to engage the thread in the (No model.)

through the sides of the tube just above its place of contact with the top (1.

F is a sponge or porous filling of any preferred material placed in the tube D, and projecting sufficiently above it to serve as a brush for spreading the mucilage. Two slots, ii, are made in the lower part of the tube, and a pin, f, passed through the sponge and resting in these slots, keeps the sponge in place. The slot admits of some variation in the length of the exposed part of the sponge by allowing the sponge to be drawn out or pressed back farther into the tube. Other holes, h h, are provided for the pinf when the top of the sponge is WOI'H off and it needs to be drawn out farther than the slot would permit.

A compressible ring or washer, G, preferably of cork, is fitted into the cap A and rests against the top 0. This ring prevents leakage when the edge of the bottle-neck is uneven. H is a rim around the cover A. It projects above its top 0. The cap I protects the cover and prevents evaporation from the sponge.

In using thisinvention, having supplied the bottle with mucilage, screw the cap snugly down upon the bottle-neck, pressing the ring G closely against the top of the neck. This will prevent the liquid from getting into the thread of the cover or neck and from soiling the bottle. ()n removing the cap and invert ing the bottle the mucilage enters the duct, soaks through the sponge, and appears at its projecting end. \Vhen the bottle is righted after using, any overflow from the sponge is retained within the rim II and returns into the duct through the openings 00, so that the exp I and the sides of the cover A are not soiled or stuck together by the adhesive, as in other mucilage-holders.

The dotted line nin Fig. 3 indicates the lower end of the tube when the device for adjusting the sponge is not used.

I am aware that sclffeeding mucilagc-holders are not new, and do not broadly claimsueh as my invention; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A mucilagc'holder formed of a receptacle having a threaded neck, a threaded cover having an annular rim, and whose top has a opening 0. Several small holes 6 c are made threaded vertical opening, a threaded tube adapted to screw into said opening and having lateral perforations above said top, and a cap, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A mueilage-holder formed of a bottle and I 3. A cover for mucilage-holders, having a a cover adapted thereto, the said cover having central threaded opening, and a tube or duct, :5 1), having a threaded portion, (l, perforations e e, slots ii, and holes h h, for the purposes herein described.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

a rim about its upper edge and a vertical tube through its top, lateral perforations in the said tube above the cover-top and opposite vertical slots near its lower end, a porous filling for said tube projecting above its top and held in place by a pin passing through it and the said slots, a compressible ring in the cover, and a a cap, substantially as herein described.

I. ADDISON BUSH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. BONNER, \VM. J. SIIETTSLINE. 

